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IILINCOLN, NEBRASKA, DEPARTMENT] |i Succeeding “THE REVIEW** j T(<\ JO F. McWILLlAMS, Editor and Business Manager , 225 South 10th Street.—Telephones: L-5550 and L-4302 I " ... .. LINCOLN NEWS IN BRIEF Mr. James Smith of Omaha wag ir the city this week. Mr. Jackson Spicer is yet confinec at his home with rheumatism. Mrs. H. H. Jones was called to St Louis, Mo., last week on account o1 the death of a relative. Rev. J. W. Gordon of Richmond, Mo. is in the city aiding Rev. H. \V. f’ott in his meetings. Rev. Gordon is f very good preacher and is seeminglj doing good w’ork. Rev. Mr. Gordon preached for th< two services Sunday and in the after noon at 4 o’clock he preached a spe cial sermon to the women of thf church which was both interesting am instructive. William Chinn has been confined thf past week with illness. The concert rendered at Lincoln high school Monday night hv Madam Cuney Hare and eompanv was ver\ good, and fairly well pat'oniaed. The services at the A. M. E. churet were nicelv attended last Sundav. Thf pastor, Rev. H. H. Jones, preached nr instructive discourse both mo '-mm and evening. The Sundaj School am Christian Endeavor were well at tended. Negro Baotist Association Meets ir Lincoln The second quarterly business ses sion of the executive board of th< Negro Baptist Association of Ne braska convened at Mt. Zion Baptist church Tuesday, January 4. at 10 a. n The following officers and co-worker wore present: Dr. W. F. Botts, mod erator; Rev. Thomas A. Taggart, vice moderator; P. H. Jenkins, treasurer; Rev. John Costello and Rev. M. H. Wilkinson. The state missionary and wife, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Anderson, and state superintendent of Sunday schools were present. They were all of Omaha. Rev. H. M. Botts of Lin coln, Secretary, and Rev. J. F. Staves of the Morning Star Baptist church of Lincoln were also present. Old Pioneer Dies *Tr. Fd Shipman died at St. Eliza *- 'h’s hospital last Saturday afternoon • Per some weeks illness, of stomach ♦rouble. He leaves a son, Claude, d'ughter-in-law and two grandchild r< en. Mrs. Shipman having passed .a little over a year ago. The ♦•moral was held in Brown’s undertak ing narlors Monday at. 1 p. m. Rev. fT. H. Jones of the A. M. E. church vreichcd and was assisted by Rev. H. W Rotts of the Ml Zion church. Mr. J. E Jeltz enve a solo. The Knights of Tabor had charge of af fairs. A large c-owd of friends paid last respects to the deceased. DANGER SIGNAL A blue pencil mark on your paper means your subscription is due and must be paid at once or your paper will he stopped. NEW ERA OPENS IN HISTORY OF OUR NORTHLAND Right of Daring Army Aviators to Alaska Means the Dawn of New Day. GREAT REJOICING IN WRAN3ELL Thrllllno Story of Their Arrival In the Land of lee and Snow le Told— Alaskans Hold Celebration In Honor of Event. New York.—When. In IS-W. President Polk signed with Great Britain a com promise treaty which extended the Ca nadian border line from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean on par allel 49. he settled the long-drawn-out controversy over the Oregon boundary and hushed for all time the campaign slogan. *‘54-4*1 or light.” which hnd come to t>e a very Insistent one during the middle forties There was a wait of twenty-one years before a more prophetic Imagi nation. a wider vision, flung our const line to the farthest limit of the conti nent by the purr-baa* from Russia of that Taat storehouse of mineral, agri cultural and timber wealth, the worn tier world of Ahtakm A new era In n«*< history of our fat BorUtland. says Aid Service News Let ter, began on August 14. 191*0. the dtts on which the four arutr airplane* piloted by those daring aviators, Capt St. Clair Street and Lieut* Clifford C | Nutt. C. II ('rutnrlne and Ross Kirk j pttlrlck. with observer* and mechnnt : --'ans. Sergt. Edmond llenrlques ' t.lput. Eric II Nelson and Sergts I tamos I,eng and Joseph E. English, In 1 die fnxNi mile transcontinental flight from New York to Nome and return, made the lump from Hazleton, Do minion of Canada, to Wrangell, terri tory of Alaska A Dav of Joy.* We eon picture what the scene was ; like when the tilers first reached Alas ' l;an sol! It was Saturday, and. when It became known that the fliers were expecteil that afternoon, Mte mayor of ; Wrangell declared .a holiday. Flags were hoisted over the principal build ings of the town. Mill whistles hlew and hells rang that all might set out for the landing field at Serglef Island, made ready for the arrival and In charge of Sergt. W. W. Mel.attghlln. All during the afternoon small boats were leaving, loaded with passengers. At noon the Barrington Transporta tion company's “Hazel B. No. X' left the dock, floating a big scow, both boat and scow loaded to the limit with sight-seers. Meanwhile no news had come from Hnzelton saying Just when the filers had left for Wrangell, There was no way of guessing the hour when they would arrive. All eyes scanned the sky. The hands of the dock turned relentlessly, rutting away the afternoon. One o'clock, 2. 2. 4. Some discouraged spectators turned their faces, homeward, making ready to take the hoat^hack to Wrangell. Suddenly there was a shout: “There thpy come." And the four planes came humming overhead, circling the land ing field. With a dip and whirr that thrilled the spectators. I.lent. Kirk patrick came to earth at sixty miles an hour. The three other pinups fol lowed In quick succession, plane No. 1. with Capt. Street, commander of the squadron, being the Inst to leave the air. In seven minutes from the time the first plane landed, all four had come to earth, and in spite of recent rains that had caused a wet field, all vere nappy landings. No One Worked That Day. So the great deed was done. The work was accomplished. The 3,000 miles between New York and Alaska had been cut to less than fifty flying hours. The Journey Itself was to con tinue 1,500 miles farther, to Fairbanks, to Ruby, to Nome. But the reality of the accomplishment was established when they touched Alaskan soil at Wrangeu. • Little wonder that the town tnndi holiday; that Mayor Grant welcomed the fliers; that Gov. Riggs and the mayor of Juneau and others sent tele grams. Little wonder the fliers were feasted and feted. The occasion war ranted It. Here were eight men who had traveled across the. continent to Serglcf Island where. In the days of the f'nssiar gold stampede, hundreds of argonauts had camped waiting for the Ice to open Hnd clear the -way to Stlklne river; where hundreds, too. had taken breath In that breathless and historic Klondike rush, when many had perished. The story of Alasks would have been another story had aviation been a working proposition In 1897; the his tory of Alaska will lie a different hls *ory dating from August 14. 192<i The flight to Alaska has a much wider sig nificance than a mere spectacular one. The war department, through Its air service, has not lejtt itself to the showman s game. Excessive speed or sensational performances have not been covered. notably In the London Australia flight. In the New York Notne tour, at no time was there a Jump of more than 320 miles nor an altitude higher than 10.000 feet At the same time It ifinst he home in mind thnt the flight wn» not without hazard, i There nre pleasanter places to he : stranded with a wrecked airplane than • he t'cnailliii Itocl is or the uncharted wilds ft Alaska. A flight in almost any olaer direction on United Slates territory offers more friendly harbor* and happier landing fields. Significance of the Fight. Bat. hack of it ail, the Alaskan flight had a deep significance. It was undertaken by the war department for a three-fold purpose and with the cor dial co-operation of the Cqndlana gov ernment, and the aid of the weather bureaus of both countries. The first great purpose In view Is the photo graphing and preliminary surveying for the opening of a route to Alaska. The second Is the establishing of a relay mall and commercial air rout* which will cut the time from Alaska t* the atates from week* to days. The third Is the mapping of some 3.500 square miles of unexplored country' about the flats of the upper Yukon river—a three days' task for the four flying photographers, but a labor of three years nnd many men for a ground surveying party. With these three purposes In view, therefor*. It need.- no prophetic vlalon to see what changes e to be wrought In Alaska’s future b£ the coming of the four airplanes to taskan soli on August 14 last. LlttH fonder, as we have said, that their tCnt was hailed with rejoicing by the far distant and far-seeing Alaskans who had hazarded •*p?lr lives and their fortunes uphold ing the upbuilding of Alaska’s future. According to the “Wrangell Senti nel,” which gave Its whole front page of August 19 to.a story of the arrival or the airmen. Dapt. Street, who had height at Edmonton h water-proof rout "Ith a fur collar and lined with undipped lamb skin. and. at Wrangell, it pair of loggers’ rubber packs and a pair of socks, that would weigh as much as an ordinary pair of shoes. Is reported, to have said: “When I was flying over the continuous chgln of glaciers and snow fields between here nnd Ilazelton, I little dreamed that on reaching Wrangell It would he my privilege to feast on home-grown ber ries and cream. The luxuriant growth of vegetables and the beautiful flow ers here are a great snmrlHe to me" Incidents of the Flight. In Its story of this dramatic moment la Alaska's history, the Sentinel notes ' the following Interesting Item. In the flight from Ilazelton to Wrangell the aviators flew over much virgin coun try, which, on account of Its Inacces sibility. had never been beheld hy hu man eye. Much of the time after leaving Saskatoon, the fliers had to reh for hearings upon their compasses, 'hus proving their ability as aerial navigators. The greater part of the flying since leaving New York was done at an altitude of S.000 feet, hut between Ilazelton nnd Wrangell, nn altitude of 9.000 to 10.000 feet was reached. The aviators are all young men. the oldest being 27 and the youngest 22. Four of the eight are southerners and all hut one have mothers living; two ' nre foreign horn. IJent. Eric II. Nel son being a native, of Sweden and \ Sergf. Edmond Ilenrlqties a native of | Australia. The take-off from Wrangell -for the flight up country was spectacular. Swerving fr< m their course, on Invlfa ] lion from Mayor Robertson of Juneau the fliers circled over the capital dt.v. I.teut. Kirkpatrick dipping low enough ! to drop a package sent hy the New York Times to flow Riggs. With stops at Whitehorse, Dawson, Fairbanks, Ruby, the great flight reached Its destination. Nome hi 5:30 P m. August 15. having made fifty-five hours (-Mini flying tlmt- from New York. 4.300 miles away. *.+ ; “Lady" and “Gentleman” 5 ; Get License to Wed J f Kan Francisco.- Rimer J. Molt. * * gentleim n, age fifty. 4 , Laura F. Galbraith, lady, age J > forty-eight. # « This was the unique record on J J ,i marriage license granted by t 4 “Cupid" Munson. Mott said he J J had no oilier occupation than that 4 > nt a gentleman, hut that prior to J J a year ago he was in the real » 4 estat. business in Rome. N. Y. J , His bride was a resident of * 9 4 * Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and Is t 4 a wealthy widow. * * After a stay of three months 4 4 'Ti this coast they will return to J J he Hast to make their perma 4 4 iiou: residence there. > fA BELATED GIFT I By JENNIE LITTLE. (© 1*11, by McClure Newepeper Syndicate > The sun enveloped the great hos pital that 26th day of December as If determined to transform its grim wulls and quiet corridors, with their sugges tions of dread und pain, into cham bers of hope, and victory. The young est doctor on the staff, teas! ugly dubbed the Infant by his older eol i leagues, rounded a comer and bumped squarely Into a pile of fresh linen, car ried by the youngest nurse. "A thousand pardonH," he cried Jovially. “Christmas has gone to ray head, as usual. The top o' the morn ing after to you. Miss Rutledge. Gee! I love the whoie world today, even the cranky old dowager in room 3. “Because why? The only girl said ‘Yes,’ last night, and In three months j more, no lonesome bachelor quarters, | but a little ‘Home, Sweet Home,’ for : mine. Gee! Isn’t It a grand and glorious feeling? Did you get both your stockings full, as yon deserve?" He stopped suddenly, for the little | nurse was winking with all her might | to keep hack the tears. “All we nurses." she said soberly, J “agreed to give all we could spare to the Red Cross and Salvation Army In stead of buying presents for each oth er, so my stockings hung all limp and lank, for I have no other friends In the city. I am truly glad for you. Doctor O’Connor," and she hurried awuy. Later, detailed for special duty In room 5. Nurse Rulledge walked softly to the bedside and laid a pitying hand above the bandaged eyes, for she couldn’t seem to harden her heart agnlnst suffering, as they told her she should to make a success. “Medicine time." she announced cheerily; then caught her breath as If Icy water had struck her and w’ent all taoably, like a little poplar leaf in a storm. “Kit!" cried the patient, half Im ploringly. half Incredulously. “Little Kit! Answer! Is It you?" and with his free hand tried to tear the band nge off. “Mr. Rand, don't risk your sight!" she begged In horror. “Oh, why did I ever come here? How did vou get hurt like this?" The one good hnnd find found hers now nm! held It » helpless prisoner. “Kit, why did you run away? Kvery dnv since I have I.. searching, but couldn't uncover the ghost of a trail. This morning a little kid was out try ing his Christmas sled and shot right In front of a loaded Imck. He wasn’t hurt hut I got a broken arm ami leg, and something haptiened to my eyes. “The only thing I minded was to he delayed In finding vou. and after all It led me straight where you wcve. Won derful ! Now tell ice something or T shall raise a riot and bring down ever lasting disgrace upon the rules of this hospital. What was the trouble?" She gulped hard, for tfie words tried to stick In her throat unspoken. "You' Cousin Nora toM uie that day .1 on vent to Chicago, that It was out rageous for my father to saddle you with the care of me, nt my age. and everybody knew It was hist a scheme to get you for my husband. Instead of guardian. And she said that your mother, though she was so good to me. had long ago set her heart on having Nora as her daughter-in-law and I would make her very unhappy If I was the cause of trouble between you. So lust because l loved your mother— and vou—so much, and because I was ashamed. I ran away." “Oh, woman, woman,” groaned the man. “T always knew she had hid sharp claws under that soft fur, hut I didn't think she would stoop to catty lies. And you believed them! Have you been happy away from us. fool ish little girl?” “Not a single minute," she con fessed, “and sometimes I have almost given tip and asked you to take me back again. I’ve washed floors and help'd ill terrible operations and the only thing that carried me through was the thought of doing it for your good." “Kit," said the man. “In my coat pocket Is a ring which I have carried ever since I came from Chicago, think ing lo pul it on your finger that night. Will you find It for me. please, and let me put It there now? And ns soon as I am mended, will you marry me, and take me home? Mother Is longing for vou. The first week you came there, she told me that nothing eould make her happier than to have you for a daughter." “Hut Nora,” said Kit, perplexedly. Tlie patient laughed. “It was only a case of the dog tn the manger. di*ar. Resides, she mar ried rich old Kuril I.akcmnn a month ago. Are you bringing me the ring? Must I get up a temperature before T am obeyed? And listen. A normal man. being engaged. Is entitled to a kiss, hut a man who Is down, with only one leg. one arm and no eyes, gets two. without being charged with profiteering." When Doctor O'Connor entered the room, the nurse was Industriously studying a chart, hut In tier eyes were a thousand dancing lights, and in her cheeks the tints of the trailing ar bntus. while happiness seemed to radi ate from the patlpnt. splints, bandages and all. “Keels like the spirit of Christmas, continued." he remarked tentatively. “Right you are." said the patient. "I searched for my Christmas gift for weeks without success, and found her the day after, as s am ns I was blind folded. This Is a great old world. Isn’t It?" 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